Healdsburg Jazz Festival.. Howard Wiley Quartet. (SOLD OUT!! Thank you!!)
Schedule
Sat Jun 15 2024 at 09:00 pm
Location
The Elephant in the Room | Healdsburg, CA
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“The most prodigious Bay Area saxophonist of his generation” (Berkeleyside), Howard Wiley returns with his supercharged, Hammond organ-powered band that blends jazz, gospel, and funk with next-level grooves and deep soul. Having been mentored by Bay Area great Jules Broussard and sharing formative bandstand experiences with the likes of Clark Terry, Jason Moran, Orrin Evans, and Lauryn Hill, the Berkeley-born Wiley is a shining example of innate musical talent meeting opportunity born of hard lessons well learned. Association with the Thelonious Monk Institute and GRAMMY All-American Jazz Band established Wiley as a young talent on the rise, and his work as a professional has more than made good on his prodigious beginnings. With his tough-but-tender aesthetic and fiery, muscular tone, the multi-instrumentalist and composer is a constant presence on SFJAZZ stages and venues around the country as both a bandleader and collaborator with former Tower of Power and Santana organist Chester Thompson, Ethio-folk vocalist Meklit, and as drummer with jump-blues chanteuse Lavay Smith’s Red Hot Skillet Lickers.
Wiley has released a trio of masterful solo recordings, including two that were inspired by Dr. Harry Orster’s famous field recordings of spirituals performed by Angola Penitentiary inmates in the 1950s, and performed SFJAZZ Hotplate tributes to Ornette Coleman and Coleman Hawkins.
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Where is it happening?
The Elephant in the Room, 177 a Healdsburg Avenue,Healdsburg,CA,United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
